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University Daily Kansan / Monday, February 10. 1992
REPLACEMENTSENATORS
Student Senate and the Elections Commission are now accepting applications for replacement senators for the following Senate seats:
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1 Nunemaker
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1 Law
Applications are available in the Office of Student Senate, 400 Kansas Union, or in the Office of Student Life, 300 Strong Hall. Applications are due by 5:00, February 12 in the Office of Student Life.
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Post office implements automation
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By Ranjit Arav
Kansan staff writer
The motto of the U.S. Postal Service claims that darkness of night, among other obstacles, will not keep carriers from their appointed rounds.
But new sorting technique might not be the efficient change it's touted to be
But because of a new routing system, several Lawrence postal workers say they fear darkness will delay deliveries.
The Corporate Delivery Plan, also referred to as the "Six and Two Plan," was initiated Saturday to prepare the postoffice for a computerized automation service that is expected to arrive in 1995.
To prepare for the change, which should speed up sorting, postal carriers now are required to spend two hours a day sorting the mail and six hours a day on the streets delivering it. In the old system, carriers spent about three to four hours sorting and four to five hours delivering.
The plan also restructures the delivery routes in Lawrence in preparation for the more efficient automation.
Sam Segraves, president of branch 104 of the National Association of Letter Carriers in Lawrence, said the "Six and Two Plan" did not make delivery easier.
Postal workers will have fewer hours to deliver mail and the new routes are longer. Because carriers are out later, it is more difficult to read addresses, Segraves said.
When addresses cannot be read in the dark, the letters are taken back to the post office and delivered the next day, he said.
"We want to continue a high level of service," Segraves said. "But this program prohibits us from doing so."
He said the postal carriers' union had filed an official grievance, but a decision would not be made by a national arbitrator for at least two months.
Segraves the Oread and East Lawrence neighborhoods would be hit.
hardest by possible delays caused by the new system.
The restructuring requires some carriers to make up to 1,300 deliveries a day in those areas, which is twice the number required by the old system, he said.
Segraves also said the restructuring in those two neighborhoods was determined on a light mail day. Therefore, the new route was deceiving.
But Reynolds said no postal workers in Lawrence would be fired. Instead, the office has started a hiring freeze.
"Those areas have a lot of students," he said. "And while they may not get the mail most families do, on certain days, many of them get J. Crew catalogs and Rolling Stone magazine. Soon a few days, the mail is incredibly heavy."
However, Bill Reynolds, Lawrence postmaster, said the problems in delivery would be cleared with time.
He said the new system was part of a national plan to prepare for computerized automation. As part of the plan, 80,000 to 100,000 postal jobs would be eliminated nationwide in favor of the
more efficient automation.
He said although it might be two to three weeks before the post office was back to full speed, the change eventually would improve efficiency.
About 40 percent of all mail is bulk rate advertising, Reynolds said.
He said the change also was necessary to accommodate Lawrence's growing population and to compete for advertising dollars.
"I am not against changes or improvements," she said. "But I am against poor management decisions that are causing inefficiencies."
The computer automation will be able to sort about 600 letters a minute. Only about 60 letters a minute can be sorted manually.
However, Lynette Forbes, postal carrier, said the new system was a failure because of all the confusion it brought.
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